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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume14-hour count · Jun 25, 2025
This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 12,350 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 1,329 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the east (49 of 105). Evening rush dominates here: 2,252 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 1,708 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 16 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 1,708 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,252 from 4:15 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).
Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m
The worst year was 2023, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 6 collisions (38%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 8, 2026.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 16 | 0.7 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles |
| With an injury | 6 | |
| Property damage only | 9 | |
| Fail to remain | 2 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 1 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.
Traffic on these streets
The City's most recent midblock count on Ellesmere Rd between Packard Blvd and Borough Approach E (132 m away, Sep 2014) recorded volume only — about 15,555 vehicles a day — with no speed data.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellesmere Rd · Packard Blvd – Borough Approach E · 132 m | Sep 2014 · 3 days | 15,555 | — | — | — |
Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.
- The crossing
- Signal 2672, activated 2023 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- GO Transit
- GO bus 92 Oshawa / Yorkdale 96 Oshawa / Finch Express 41 Hamilton / Pickering 94 Pickering / Square One at Scarborough Centre Bus Terminal651 m · 8 min
- TTC bus
- 95 21 406 38 43 129 131 133 16 134 132 169 9 130 nearest 29 m
- Express
- 995 903 904 938 939 996
- Blue Night
- 395 316
- Nearest stops
- 6 surface stops within 300 m — Ellesmere Rd at Packard Blvd; Ellesmere Rd at Borough Approach West
- Regional
- Durham Region Transit 920 Route 920 921 Route 921 at Town Centre @ Scarborough Centre Station636 m · 8 min
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Bernadine St / Brimley Rd 475 m · 6 min · 11 docks · 3 stations, 45 docks within 1 km
Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- 4 car parks · about 554 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- 2 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m
- Other lots
- 20 mapped lots within 500 m, 186 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 158 Borough Drive · Surface | 290 m | 16 * | — |
| 40 Bushby Dr · Surface | 906 m | 215 | 32% (Q1 2026) |
| 101 Grangeway Ave · Surface | 1 km | 255 | 7% (Q1 2026) |
| Ellesmere Lot - Near 1050 Ellesmere Road - closed for construction until November 2019 · Surface | 1.5 km | 68 * | — |
Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.
Within a walk
What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.
Food, shops and services
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Freshco, 792 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 21. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 234 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Oasis Drug Mart, 128 m away; 6 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. City of Toronto, Parks Forestry & Recreation East District - Birkdale Community Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 766 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Tim Hortons · 1401 Ellesmere Rd234 m
- Gong Cha · 60 Town Centre Crt Unit-Cu4420 m · 5 min
- Subway · 1585 Ellesmere Rd444 m · 5 min
- Hyderabad Biryani Hut · 1587 Ellesmere Rd447 m · 5 min
- St. Andrews Fish & Chip Restaurant · 1589 Ellesmere Rd449 m · 5 min
- Grocery
- Freshco 792 m · 9 min
- Food shops
- Home Sweets N Decors 434 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Oasis Drug Mart 128 m · 6 within 1 km
- Child care
- St Victor Catholic School Before & After Child Care Program · 58 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day458 m · 5 min
- The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre · 123 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day542 m · 6 min
- Scarborough Jr YMCA · 90 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day732 m · 9 min
- Washrooms
- Scraborough Civic Centre · Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm, Sat 10:00am-6:00pm, Sun Closed · accessible330 m · 4 min
- Albert Campbell Square Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed367 m · 4 min
- Health and care
- City of Toronto, Parks Forestry & Recreation East District - Birkdale Community Centre · seniors' active living centre766 m · 9 min
Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.
Parks, schools and places
- Parks (8)
- Frank Faubert Wood Lot325 m · 4 min
- Scarborough Civic Centre331 m · 4 min
- Albert Campbell Square408 m · 5 min
- St. Andrews Park - Scarborough728 m · 9 min
- Edgewood Park1 km · 12 min
- Community centres
- Birkdale Community Centre767 m · 9 min
- Schools (9)
- St Victor Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 458 m · 5 min
- Mac Al-Furqan SchoolPrivate · 623 m · 7 min
- St Andrews & Alternative ScarboroughEnglish Public · 923 m · 11 min
- Centennial College - Midland CampusCollege · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Edgewood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 14 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Scarborough Civic Centre branch280 m · 3 min
Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.
Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,993 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Within a kilometre there are three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 204 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1680 Ellesmere Rd (735 m, 145 units, 8 storeys, built 1994), which scored 98 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1680 Ellesmere Rd social housing · Aykler Management | 145 | 8 | 1994 | 98 · Sep 2024 | 735 m · 9 min |
| 1181 Ellesmere Rd | 32 | 4 | 1976 | 91 · Jul 2024 | 1 km · 12 min |
| 1191 Ellesmere Rd | 27 | 4 | 1976 | 88 · Jul 2026 | 1 km · 12 min |
3 registered buildings · 204 units · 1 social housing · tallest 8 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Ellesmere Rd & Borough Approach W a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 16 lesser collisions. High counts usually track high traffic volume rather than a design flaw; volume is shown alongside so the numbers can be read in context.
How busy is Ellesmere Rd & Borough Approach W?
A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #653 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.46× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Ellesmere Rd & Borough Approach W a walkable intersection?
Ellesmere Rd & Borough Approach W scores 56 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,993 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 3 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 6 stops within 300 m · 22 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · accessible signals.
Where can I park near Ellesmere Rd & Borough Approach W?
The nearest Green P car park is 158 Borough Drive (290 m away, 16 spaces). The City's mapping shows 186 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 39,160 spaces — 20 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Ellesmere Rd & Borough Approach W by transit?
Bus routes 95, 21, 406, 38, 43, 129, 131, 133 and 12 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Ellesmere Rd at Packard Blvd, 29 m); Durham Region Transit routes 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921 at Town Centre @ Scarborough Centre Station.
What restaurants are near Ellesmere Rd & Borough Approach W?
1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 21 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Tim Hortons (234 m), Gong Cha (420 m), Subway (444 m), Hyderabad Biryani Hut (447 m) and St. Andrews Fish & Chip Restaurant (449 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Ellesmere Rd & Borough Approach W?
The nearest is Scraborough Civic Centre, 150 Borough Drive, 330 m away (Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm, Sat 10:00am-6:00pm, Sun Closed), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Albert Campbell Square Outdoor Rink Washroom (367 m); Scraborough Civic Centre (401 m).
Is there child care near Ellesmere Rd & Borough Approach W?
Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 327 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St Victor Catholic School Before & After Child Care Program (458 m, 58 spaces), The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre (542 m, 123 spaces) and Scarborough Jr YMCA (732 m, 90 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Ellesmere Rd & Borough Approach W?
Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 204 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1680 Ellesmere Rd (735 m, 145 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 1181 Ellesmere Rd (1.0 km, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 1191 Ellesmere Rd (1.0 km, 27 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 92 out of 100.
What neighbourhood is Ellesmere Rd & Borough Approach W in?
Ellesmere Rd & Borough Approach W is in Bendale-Glen Andrew (City of Toronto neighbourhood 156). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Jun 25, 2025.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 21 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.77076, -79.25813 · centreline node 13447031.